{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3820",
  "lemma": "לֵב",
  "transliteration": "lêb",
  "definition": "the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything",
  "kjv": "[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous)…",
  "occurrences": 595,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לֵב 599 n.m. (f.) inner man, mind, will, heart",
    "I. seldom of things in the midst of the sea",
    "II. elsewhere of men",
    "1. the inner man in contrast with the outer",
    "2. the inner man, indef., soul, comprehending mind, affections and will",
    "3. specific reference to mind",
    "4. spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will",
    "5. spec. ref. to conscience",
    "6. [various]",
    "7. for the man himself",
    "8. as seat of appetites",
    "9. as seat of emotions and passions",
    "10. seat of courage",
    "לֵב קָמָי",
    "לֵב קָמָי prob. late Atbash Je 51:1."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 6:5",
      "text": "The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 6:6",
      "text": "The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:21",
      "text": "The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 17:17",
      "text": "Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:5",
      "text": "I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:45",
      "text": "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:41",
      "text": "Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=41"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:20",
      "text": "Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:3",
      "text": "His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:28",
      "text": "He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=28"
    }
  ],
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